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'UNITED srarns Panna* raro.

J. WV. KNAPP, OF CHESTER, NEV YORK.

WINDOW-SHUTTER STAND.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 29,890, dated September 4, 1860.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J. W. KNAPP, of Chester, Orange county, and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Window-Shutter Stand; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, in wl'iich- Figure l is a perspective view of the improved window blind stand with a blind hung in the same for painting. Fig. 2 shows the construction of the stand, part of it being in section.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both figures.

rlhis invention a novel rack or stand for holding window blinds, or shutters while they are being painted so that the painter can readily get at any part of the blind without touching` or rubbing off the fresh paint.

My invention consists in the employment of two upright posts of sufficient height with spikes projecting from the inside of each, and placed near the top of the posts one of which posts is fixed and braced in a stationary state and the other is jointed or hinged to a sliding block by which the posts may be adjusted at any desirable distance apart for shutters of different lengths or widths, and fixed rigidly by avset screw, while the jointed post will be fixed, after receivingl the blind, by an extension prop and rack all as will be further described hereinafter.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand my invention, will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

A represents either a floor, or a movable base piece of. any desirable lengt-h and Width.

B, B are upright posts. The post B is placed in a perpendicular position and secured by a prop, a, or in any other way, to the floor A. From near the upper end of this post projects a. long' sharp pointed spike l). The post B is of the same height as post B and the spike ZJ projecting from the post- B, is directly opposite spike Z) as shown l clearly in Fig. 2. Between these two posts the blinds, or shutters D are hung by driving the spikes o Z2 into the ends 0f the shutter, the shutter may thus be swung back and forth so that the ends may be painted, and so that the partsbetween the slats may be got at easily to paint them on both sides. The post B is hinged or jointed at c to a piece E that is passed through one end of a box F and that can be moved in the boxwhich is fixed to the floor A-in a direction with its length and rigidly attached to the box by a set screw CZ and thumb nut d', the screw Z is fixed to the sliding' piece E and passes't-hrough a long' slot e cut through the top of box F. The distance between t-he two posts B, B, may thus be increased or diminished at pleasure for shutters of different lengths.

G is a prop stick or brace consisting of a slotted piece with another piece fitting into the slot, the vobject of which is to extend or contract the prop as the post B is adjusted; the prop is hinged to the box F at f and its opposite end fits under the teeth of rack H.

The operation, or the manner of using this window blind stand is as follows: The shutter to be painted is hung upon the pins or spikes 7), o', by first forcing the spike b into one end of the shutter near its corner. The nut d is then loosened and the post B adjusted to the length of the shutter the spike b is then forced into the opposite end of the shutter and the nut CZ is again tightened and the post is secured by prop G. The painter now proceeds to paint the shutter which when finished may be readily detached and set away in a suitable manner to dry.

Having thus described my invention, what l claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, ish

The two posts with their spikes Z), one post being stationary, and the other post jointed to a sliding piece E and prepared by an adjustable jointed piece G, the whole constructed substantially as described and considered in combinaion for the purposes J. W. KNAPP.

herein set forth.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM SEAMAN, CHAUNCEY VAN VLIET. 

